Serie B: Important and interesting fight between Ponte Preta and Confiança at Estádio Moisés Lucarelli. Both are in need of a good run!
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie B
It's no vacation for neither Ponte Preta nor Confiança as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Confiança have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ponte Preta form and stats
3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ponte Preta so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ponte Preta after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Ponte's last game was hosting Londrina (placed 19th) and winning 2-1. Midfielder Moisés was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Moisés scored one goal and hit three key passes. A late climax in the match against Londrina as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Moisés.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Botafogo.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ponte as they are travelling to their away game against Coritiba in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
The Ponte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Ponte have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Confiança form and stats
Confiança have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Confiança in their previous game, as they lost their Serie B-match, hosting CSA, 0-2. Serginho got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Serginho dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Nautico.After this away game Confiança return home for a Serie B game against Remo. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Confiança when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Confiança struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former two meetings): Ponte won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Confiança have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  S. Santos Salles 4 goals |   M. Vieira da Veiga 3 goals | F. Camilo Farias 2 goals |
Ponte Preta missing players
Confiança missing players
| Ponte Preta | Confiança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 25 |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 78% | 88% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 65% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 41% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 41% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 24% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.8 | 11.4 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
- Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Confiança have the most conceded goals (14) away in Serie B
- Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie B
- Confiança have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coritiba | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 2 | Nautico | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Sampaio Correa | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Guarani | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | CRB | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Goias | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | Avai | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Brusque | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | CSA | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Remo | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Vila Nova | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Vitoria | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Confiança | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Londrina | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Brasil de Pelotas | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 12 |